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No. 550,197. Patented Nov. 19, 1895.

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H. H. S-ATER,

PLOW.

No. 550,197. Patented Nov. 19, 1895.

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(No Model.)

' H. H. 'SATER..

V PLOW.

,1 Patented Nov. 19, 1895;

ANDREW B.GRIHAM,PNOTO-UDIO.WA5HINEI'DN. D C.

UNITED STAT-Es PATENT OFFICE.

HANS H. SATER, or MADISON, WISCONSIN.

P OW- SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent 1\l'o 550,197, datedNovember 19, 1895.

Application filedr etlw ia sga Serial No. 588,843. (No model.)

To all whom it mat concern. I

Be it known that I, HANS I-I. SATER, acitizen of the United States,residing in Madison,

Dane county, Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Plows,

of which the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure lis a top or plan view. Fig. 2 isa side elevation of the landside of the plow.

an enlargeddetail, being a view from below; of the inner end of thehook-rod forming a.

portion of the clevis, showing its method of attachment to the plow.Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail, being a view, partially inverticallongitudinal section, of the plate secured to the rear'of theplow-beam in which the rear wheel is'mounted. Fig. 7 is an enlargeddetail, be-

ing arear view of the adjusting-plate form- Fig. 8 is an-enlargeddetail, being a front view of the adjusting de Fig. 9 is an enlargedde-Q ing part of the clevis.

vices of the clevis. tail, being a vertical longitudinal section throughline 9 9 of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is adetail showing the way in which thehandles are secured to the plow-beam.

its objects is to provide a new and improved front frame, which may besecured to any plow in order that the same may be used as a riding-plow,if desired, and may be readilyremoved therefrom when it is desired toreconvert the plow back to a walking-plow.

It has for a further object to provide a new and improved front framefor a plow, by means of which the depth of the cutof the plow may beregulated and adjusted.

It has for a further object the providing of a new and improved methodof mounting the rear wheel upon the plow, so that the same may bereadily removable in case it is desired to use the plow as a two-wheeledinstead of a three-wheeled plow or as a walking instead Ofa riding plow;1

It has for a furtherobject to provide new and improved mechanism bywhich the plow is raised from or lowered into the ground.

It has for a further object to provide new and improved mechanismforming the clevis for the plow.

It has fora further object to provide an improved carriage for the frontend of the plow, which may be adjusted laterally of the draft.

It has for a further object the providing of improved brace-rodsconnected to the plowbeam in order to brace the same against side andup-and-down motion and capable of being adjusted to the proper tension.

It has for a further object, to provide improved means for securing thehandles in place, whereby they may be laterally adjusted.

It has for a further object the providing of anew and-improved formwofclamp, by means of which the front frame may be clamped upon theplowrbeam. I It has for a further object the providing of anew andimproved adjustable clevis and draft-rod attachment and also theproviding of certain specific improvements in the devices employed.

I accomplish all the objects of my invention as hereinafter specifiedand as illustrated in the drawings.

That which- I regard as new will be set forth in the claims.

In the drawings, 10indi'cates the plowshare and moldboard, supported bya'standard 11, My invention relates to plows, and one of connected tothe plow-beam 12.

13 indicates thehandles of the plow.

14 indicates a seat, which is mounted upon a suitable support 15, whichis bolted or otherwise removably mounted upon the back end of theplow-beam 12.

1 6 indicates brackets, which are riveted or otherwise secured to thestandard 11 .upon each side thereof and project laterally therefrom.

17 indicates a brace-rod, which is bentrinto a V shape, the front endbeing secured to the under side of the plow-beam by means of a plate 18,(hereinafter described,) which is secured to the under side of theplow-beam and through which a rivet or bolt 19 passes, thus securing thefront end ofthe brace 17 to the plow-beam. The rear ends of the V-shapedbrace 17 are screw-threaded and pass through suitable openingsinthebrackets 16 and are provided with nuts 20 upon their ends, by

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means of which the tension upon the brace 17 may be adjusted.

21 indicates the forward carriage, which is provided at its forward endwith a slotted bracket 22. The slotted bracket 22 is secured to theforward end of the plow-beam 12 by means of a clamp 23, which embracesthe beam and which may be adjusted in any portion of such slottedbracket, so as to adjust the same laterally to the line of draft of theplow. This clamp may readily be removed when the plow is to be convertedfrom a riding into a walking plow.

27 indicates a segmental rack, which is connected at its forward end tothe slotted bracket 22 by means of a bolt 28.

i 29 indicates a channel-iron, of wrought-iron or any other suitablematerial, which is riveted, bolted, or otherwise rigidly secured to theinner side of the segmental rack 27. The channel-iron 29 is fitted uponand forms a bearing for a bent axle 30, as best shown in Fig. 4. Thebent axle 30 is in the form of a rock-shaft, being provided with twoarms 31 2, and is mounted in the channel-iron 26, so as to rock therein,being secured therein by suitable clips 33 The clip surrounds thechannel-iron, while the clip 34 is secured to the bent axle 30 at theland-end of the channel iron, so as to prevent the lateral movement ofthe bent axle 30 therein.

35 indicates a land-wheel, which is mounted upon. the arm of the bentaxle 30.

36 indicates a lever, which is pivoted at its forward end by means ofthe bolt 28 to the slotted bracket 22, hereinabove referred to, and isprovided with the usual bell-crank lever 37 and spring-actuated dog 38,adapted to engage with the segmental rack 27.

35) indicates a slotted bar, which is adjustably secured to the innerside of the lever 36 by means of a nut and bolt 40. (See Fig. 2.)

41 indicates a pin,which is rotatably mounted in the lower end of theslotted bar 39 and i is secured therein by a spring-pin 42. The otherend of said pin is provided with ahead 43, (see Fig. 1,) which isperforated to receive the upper end of a rod 44. The rod 44 passes atits upper end through the head 43 of the pin 41 and at its lower end ispivoted to the arm 31 of the bent axle 30.

45 indicates a spiral spring, which encircles the rod 44 and bears atits upper end against the under side of the head 43 of the pin 41 and atits lower end against a suitable washer 46 upon the lower end of the rod44.

As the hand-lever 36 is moved upward or downward the crank-axle 30 isrocked and thereby by means of the arm 32 and the wheel 35 theland-wheel is raised or lowered.

47 indicates an upright, which is slidingly mounted in guides 48 49,which are carried by the segmental rack 27.

50 indicates a furrow-wheel,which is journaled upon a stud-axle, 51mounted upon the lower end of the upright 47.

2 indicates a pitman, which is pivotally connected at its upper end tothe upper end of the upright 47 and at its lower end with the hand-lever36. It is evident that as the hand-lever 36 is raised or lowered the bar47 will rise and fall with it, sliding in the guides 48 49 and carryingup or down the furrowwheel 50.

It will be seen from the above description of the operation that themovement of the lever, rotating the bent axle and thus raising orlowering the land-wheel and at the same time raising or lowering the bar47 and with it the furrow-wheel, operates to raise or lower theplowshare, the share being raised, when lifted, point first.

The object of the connection between the lever 36 and the arm 31 of thecrank-shaft 30, as above described, by means of the slotted bar 39, pin41, red 44, and spiral spring 45, is that when the plowshare strikes anobstruction in the ground the connecting parts will yield slightlythrough the spring 45 and prevent breakage of the parts. The spring 45,of course, will be of sufficient tension to prevent its yielding tooreadily.

By means of the slotted bar 40 the connection between the hand-lever andthe arm 31 may be adjusted in any required position.

53 (see Fig. 6) indicates a casting, which is secured to the rear end ofthe plow-beam 12 and is provided at its rear end with a sleeve 54.

55 indicates a latch, which is pivotally mounted upon the casting 53. 56indicates a spiral spring connecting said latch 55 with said casting,its tension beingadj usted so as to draw said latch backward.

57 indicates a standard, which is provided at its upper end with acylindrical pin 58,

which may either be formed integral with said standard 57 or in any waysecured thereto.

The pin 58is journaled in the sleeve 54.

59 indicates an arm, which is secured to the pin 58 by means of asetscrew 60. The arm 59 is notched in front so as to engage with thelatch 55 and is beveled off at each side of said notch, as best shown inFig. 1, so that when said arm 59 is out of position and is swung intoplace the beveled sides engaging with the latch 55 will force it backuntil it comes opposite the notch, when the spring 56 will throw saidlatch into the notch and thus lock the parts in position.

61 indicates a rear wheel, which is journalcd upon a stud-axle 62,mounted upon the lower end of the standard 57. It will be seen that therear wheel 61 may be readily removed by loosening the set-screw 60,removing the arm 59, and pullingthe pin 58 out of the sleeve 54. Thefront frame is clamped to the plow-beam by means of a clamp, which isbest shown in Figs. 4 and 5, Fig. 4 showing the clamp in vertiealcrosssection and Fig. 5 showing it from below.

63 indicates plates, which are placed upon each side of the plow-beaml2, resting above the channel-iron 29. The plates 68 have their bot-tomsrecessed so that they may rest upon and embrace the channel-iron 29,projecting below the plow-beam 1.2 upon each side of said channel-iron,as shown in Fig. 5 and by d0tted lines in Fig. 4.

64 indicates bolts, which pass through the plates 63 below the beam 12upon each side of the channel-iron 29, holding the plates 63 togetherbelow said beam. The upper portions of said plates are provided withslots 65, as best shown in Figs. 2 and 4:.

66 indicates a plate which rests upon the plow-beam 12 between theplates 63.

67 indicates plugs, the inner ends of which are adapted to pass betweenthe slots of the plates 63, and are provided with a head or shoulder 68on the outside adapted to bear against the sides of the plates 63 uponeach side of the slots 65. The plugs 67 are bored longitudinally inorder to permit the passage through them of a bolt 69, which is providedwitha nut 70. Bymeans of the plugs 67, bolt 69, and nut 70 the plates 63are secured together above the plow-beam 12.

71 indicates U -shaped hangers, which are hung upon the plugs 67 andpass belowand embrace the channel-iron 29. The hangers 71 arescrew-threaded at their lower ends.

72 indicates plates, which extend across the channel-iron 29 from belowand are provided with suitable openings through which the lowerscrew-threaded ends of the hangers 71 pass. They are held in positionagainst the lower side of the trough 29 by bolts 73, which are screwedupon the screw-threaded lower ends of said hangers.

The plates 72 are provided with projections 7 at, which extend into thelower portion of the channel-iron 29, running longitudinally therewith,and are suitably rounded in their upper surfaces to form a bearing forthe crank-axle 30. It will be seen that by the use of this clamp theplow-beam may be readily removed from the front frame when in anyappropriate manner.

76 indicates a draft-rod, the front end of which .is provided with ahook 77, and the.

rear end of which is slotted so as to permit the passage through it ofthe ears as best shown in Fig. 5. The rear end is held in position by apin 78, which passes through the ears 75 below the end of the rod'7 6.

79 indicates a cap, whichis bolted or otherwise secured to the forwardend of the plowbeam. The front end'of the cap is perforated to receive abolt 80, the head of which is countersunk into the end of the plow-beam,as best shown in Fig. 9. The front surface of the cap 79 is providedwith two or more projections 81, adapted to engage with"de-- smoothlytogether.

pressions in the adjusting-plate,hereinafter described.

82 indicates an adjusting-plate, which is placed upon the front end ofthe plow-beam, as best shown in Fig. 9. It is provided with a number ofdepressions 83 upon its rear surface, as best shown in Fig. I 7, whichare adapted to engage with the projections 81 upon the cap 79. The frontsurface of the adjusting-plate 82 is provided with four forwardly-projecting lugs 84, which form a guide within which rests a clevis-plate,hereinafter described.

85 (see Figs. 8 and 9) indicates a clevisplate, which is adapted to restloosely between the lugs 84: in front of the adjusting-plate 82, and isprovided with a number of openings 86, through which the bolt may pass.The lower end of the clevis-plate 85 is provided with an opening throughwhich the forward end of the rod 76 passes, as best shown in Fig. 9. I

The plate 82 being placed against the cap 79 and the clevis-plate 85upon the adjusting-plate 82 between the lugs 84, the parts are all heldin position by a nut 87. It is obvious that by loosening the nut theadjusting plate may be turned in any required position and thus theclevis-plate 85 fixed at any required angle and held in the desiredposition, when the nut 87 is screwed home by the engagement of theprojection 81 with the depressions 83 in the back of the adjustingplate82. It is also evident that the position of the hook 77 upon thedraft-rod 76 may be adjusted by raising or lowering the clevisplate 85,adjusting the same by means of the several holes 86 in the plate 85. Therear end of the rod 76 may be adjusted as desired by removing the pin 78and placing it upon one or the other of the'downward-projecting ears 75,when the pin 78 is again placed in position, securing the rear end ofthe draft-rod 76 in the desired place.

In describing the casting 53 and plate 18 I have spoken of them asapplied to a wooden plow-beam, in which case they would have to beformed of a suitable metal and secured upon said beam. It is obvious,however, that instead of a wooden plow-beam a beam of iron or steel maybe used, in which case either of such parts may be made integral withsaid beam. In case the beam is made of steel or iron the cap 79 may bedispensed with and the projections 81 be formed integral with the frontend of the beam, the bolt 80 being fixed in the front end of the beam inany appropriate manner.

88 indicates the landside of the plow, the forward end of which iscurved, as shown in Fig. 2, the rear portion of the share beingcorrespondingly curved, so that the parts will fit The landside 88 issecured to braces 89 90, connected to the moldboard and standard 11, asshown in Fig. 2. The object of this construction is to providefor'adjusting the l'andsideto compensate for the wearing away of thelower edge thereof and thereby cause it to throw the point of the plowdownward properly. This adjustment of the landside may be made byremoving the screws or bolts which hold it in position, when thelandside may be adjusted and secured in its new position.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 10, the handles 13 are connected by a plate 91,which is provided with a slot 92, through which passes a bolt 93,secured to the rear end of the plowbeam. By loosening the bolt 93 thehandles may be shifted laterally. The handles 13 are loosely connectedat the forward ends to permit of such lateral movement. The handles 13are braced by means of a brace 94, one end of which is secured to themoldboard 10, the other end being adjustably secured to one of thehandles by means of nuts 95 96, as shown in Fig. 1. When the handles areto be adjusted laterally, it is necessary to loosen the nuts 95 96.

That which I claim as my invention and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

1. In a plow, the combination with a beam, a standard, and a furrowopener carried by said standard, of laterally projecting bracketsconnected with said standard, and braces connected to said brackets andto said beam for bracing said standard, substantially as described.

2. In a plow, the combination with a beam, a standard, and'a furrowopener carried by said standard, of brackets 16 projecting at oppositesides of said standard, and braces 17 connected to said brackets and tothe plow beam, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In a plow, the combination with a beam, a standard, and a furrow o'penercarried by said standard, of laterally projecting brackets connectedwith said standard, braces connected to said brackets and to said beamfor bracing said standard, and means for adj usting the tension of saidbraces, substantially as described.

4. In a plow, the combination with a beam, a standard, and a furrowopener carried by said standard, of brackets 16 projecting at oppositesides of said standard, a plate 18, braces 17 connected to said bracketsand to the plow beam, said braces being connected to said plate, and adraft rod also connected at its rear end to said plate, substantially asdescribed.

5. In a plow, the combination with a beam, a standard, and a furrowopener carried by said standard, of brackets 16 projecting at oppositesides of said standard, a plate 18,

braces 17 connected to said brackets and to the plow beam, said bracesbeing connected to said plate, a draft rod also connected at its rearend to said plate, and means for adjusting the forward end of said draftrod, substantially as described.

6. In a plow, the combination with a beam, a standard, and a furrowopener carried by said standard, of brackets 16 projecting at oppositesides of said standard, a plate 1.8, braces 17 connected to saidbrackets and to the plow beam, said braces being connected to saidplate, a draft rod also connected at its rear end to said plate, andmeans for laterally adjusting the rear end of said draft rod,substantially as described.

7. In a plow,the combination with the beam, and furrow opening devices,of a plate 18, a series of lugs 75 arranged transversely thereof, and adraft rod 76 adapted to be connected to said lugs, substantially asdescribed.

8. In a plow, the combination with the beam, and furrow opening devices,of a draft rod 7 U secured at its rear end to said beam, and means foradjusting the rear end of said draft rod laterally, substantially asdescribed.

9. In a plow, the combination with a cap or plate 79 having projectionsupon its face, of a plate 82 adapted to fit against said cap and toreceive said projections, and a clevis plate secured to said plate 82,substantially as described.

10. The combination with a cap or plate 79 having projections upon itsface, of a plate 82 adapted to fit against said cap and to receive saidprojections, and a elevis plate secured to said plate 82 and verticallyadjustable thereupon, substantially as described.

11. The combination with a cap 79, aplate 82 pivotally connected to saidcap, and means for locking said plate and cap in different adjustments,of a vertically adjustable clevis plate secured to said plate 82,substantially as described.

12. The combination with a beam, an arched front frame, and wheelsconnected thereto, of a lever for rocking said frame and forsimultaneously moving it vertically, substan tially as described.

13. The combination with a beam, and a front frame connected to saidbeam and having two arms, of a wheel mounted on one of said arms, asupport for the opposite side of said frame, a lever for verticallymoving said frame, and a device connecting said lever to one of the armsof said frame so that when the lever is operated said frame will berocked, substantially as described.

14. The combination with a beam, and a front frame connected to saidbeam and having two arms, of a wheel mounted on one of said arms, asupport for the opposite side of said frame, a lever for verticallymoving said frame, and a device adjustably connecting said lever withone of the arms of said frame, substantially as described.

15. The combination with a beam, and a front frame connected to saidbeam and havin g two arms, of a wheel mounted on one of said arms, asupport for the opposite side of said frame, a lever for verticallymoving said frame, and devices yieldingly connecting said lever to oneof the arms of said frame, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

16. The combination with a beam, and a ITO vertically arranged bar atone side of said beam and connected thereto, of a lever fulcrumed uponsaid bar, the forward end of said lever being connected to the forwardend of the beam, and means whereby said lever maybe locked at differentpositions, substantially as described.

17. The combination with a beam, and a transverse bar at the forward endthereof and connected thereto, of a lever connected to said transversebar, a vertically arranged bar, a link connecting said lever to said barand acting as a fulcrum for said lever, and a wheeled frame forsupporting the forward portion of the beam, substantially as described.18. In a plow, the combination with abeam, of a channel iron, an archedframe fitted in said channel iron and rotatable therein, a wheel mountedupon said frame, devices for supporting the opposite end of said frame,

'and a clamp for clamping said channel iron to said plow beam,substantially as described.

19. The combination with a front frame, and a plow beam, of slottedplates 63, a transverse bolt 69, plugs 67, and hangers 71, substantiallyas described.

20. In a plow, the combination with a beam, and a furrow opener, of aremovable front frame carrying the front wheels, and a removable rearwheel, substantially as described.

HANS H. SATER. Witnesses:

M. O. CLARKE, H. O. GEIGER.

